August 2017 Issue – Volume 41 • Number 8

Playing Melodically

Part 3: Stickings and Interpretations

New Gear from Zildjian, Auralex, RBH Drums, Agazarian, Sonor, Aquarian, and Vic Firth!

Zildjian L80 Low Volume Add-Ons Zildjian has expanded its Low Volume cymbal sets to include four individual add-on models. Like previous Low Volume cymbals, the recently added 20" ride, 10" splash, 16" crash, and 18" crash-ride are up to eighty…

Finding a New Musical Home

Let’s face it, sometimes it just isn’t happening at home. We may be in the age of bedroom studios, high-speed digital transfer, and cloud computing, but for the foreseeable future our physical address will continue to have a significant impact on our work opportunities. This month we speak with three pro drummers who decided they needed to up stakes to begin a new chapter in their careers. If you’ve been contemplating a move lately, their experiences could help you in making this important decision.

Greg Fox

The Eternal Quest

VK - Aluminum Drumset

High-end, lightweight shells with a unique tonal character.

Matt Mayhall

Hollywood Swinger

Between the Buried and Me live album, Drum Trek method book, and more

Recordings John Frum A Stirring in the Noos It’s a band, not a person. And that’s not the only unexpected thing here. John Frum’s debut full-length, A Stirring in the Noos, offers a new voice to the ever-growing technical death…

Connect With Your Audience

How Perspective Changes Everything

Advanced Herta Applications

Rudimental Polyrhythms in Odd Subdivisions

Favorite Clyde Stubblefield Track?

This past February 18, funk pioneer and renowned James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield passed away. To coincide with this month’s tribute to the innovator , we asked our social media followers to name the tracks they think stand out from…

Transitions

Exercises for Improving Time

Paradiddle-Diddle Inversions

Straight and Triplet-Based Rudimental Rock Fills

Thanks From Steve Smith

I would like to express my deep appreciation to my drumming peers that voted for me in the 2017 Modern Drummer Readers Poll. It has been an eventful year for me, with the Journey tours and being inducted into the…

1,000 Ways to Practice a Single Page

Part 6: Building Independence

August 2017 Issue – Volume 41 • Number 8

Shure - MOTIV Series Mobile Recording Devices

iOS and USB solutions for musicians looking to document on the go.

Great Drums at Sun

A new compilation puts drummers square at the center of the most important musical invention of the mid-twentieth century. They called it rock.

Gene Chrisman on Dan Auerbach's Waiting on a Song album, Christopher Guanlao on tour with Silversun Pickups, and more

Out Now Gene Chrisman on Dan Auerbach’s Waiting on a Song A Southern studio legend lends his experience to a modern hit songwriter’s latest effort. This past June 2, Dan Auerbach, vocalist and guitarist of the blues/garage-rock band the Black…

Get Your Head Out of the Page

Boy, it was strange typing that title. After all, when you’re in the information biz like Modern Drummer is, you’re generally trying to get people to do the opposite. But we’re also in the music biz, and the aim there,…

My Prized Possessions

Commemorating multiple generations in woodworking with three one-of-a-kind stave snares.